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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

California’s largest ICE facility neglected detainees’ medical needs, monitor finds

prisoners walk in a yard
Prisoners are seen inside a prison exercise yard at the California City immigration processing center on 25 March 2026. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

California’s largest immigration detention center has failed to comply with a judge’s orders to provide adequate healthcare, according to a court-appointed monitor who found the facility was struggling to meet a wide range of medical standards.

The California City detention center, located north-east of Los Angeles, was found to have major flaws in the care it provides residents, including significant gaps in emergency care, failures to provide medications in a timely manner, inadequate screenings for health conditions and a lack of accommodations for people with disabilities.

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